Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1996, publiée 85ème session CIT (1997)

The Committee notes the Government's first report, and requests the Government to supply further information on the following points.

Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to indicate, for each of Articles 7 to 15, the manner in which the representative organizations of employers and workers are consulted when the concepts, definitions and methodology used are designed or revised.

Article 7. The Committee notes that information is available and published on insurance-based employment statistics and on registered unemployment, and also a labour force survey is currently conducted. The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether the international guidelines are followed in accordance with Article 2, for instance, the resolutions on (i) "Economically active population", (ii) "International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-88" and (iii) "International Classification by Status in Employment, ICSE-93", adopted respectively by the 13th, 14th and 15th International Conferences of Labour Statisticians. Regarding the labour force survey, the Committee draws the attention of the Government to the obligations of Article 5 and requests that consistent and updated data on employment and unemployment be sent to the ILO.

Article 9(1). The Committee asks the Government: (i) to indicate whether steps are envisaged to harmonize the compilation of statistics of average earnings and hours actually worked, so as to compile data by sex, and where relevant, according to other important characteristics, according to such guidelines as contained in Paragraphs 3(1) and (2) of Recommendation 170 (in accordance Article 2); (ii) to communicate the published statistics to the ILO as soon as practicable (in accordance with Article 5); and (iii) to publish detailed descriptions of the concepts, definitions and methodology used in the manufacturing survey and the IGSS records, and communicate them also to the ILO (in accordance with Article 6).

Article 9(2). The Committee notes that statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of work do not seem to be compiled. It asks the Government to indicate which steps, if any, are envisaged to compile statistics of average wage rates and normal hours of work, according to such guidelines as contained in Paragraphs 4(1) and (2) of Recommendation No. 170; and if this is not the case, to indicate the reasons why such statistics are not compiled.

Article 10. The Committee asks the Government to state which steps, if any, are envisaged to compile statistics on the composition of earnings and hours of work, and on the distribution of employees according to levels of earnings and hours of work, in accordance with international guidelines such as Paragraph 5 of Recommendation No. 170.

Article 11. The Committee notes that statistics of average compensation of employees, per employee and per year, are derived from the annual Encuesta Industrial Fabril. Although this concept is considered as a proxy to that of labour cost, it does not cover all cost items included in the latter. In addition, the existing data are limited to the manufacturing industry. They do not seem to be published in national publications and methodological information is not available. The Committee asks the Government to indicate: (i) which steps, if any, are envisaged (a) to publish the statistics of average compensation of employees in national publications (in accordance with Article 5) and (b) to publish and communicate to the ILO a detailed description of the concepts, definitions, coverage and methodology used to compile the existing statistics of compensation of employees (in accordance with Article 6); and (ii) which steps, if any, are envisaged to compile and publish statistics on the level and composition of labour cost, in accordance with the guidelines such as the resolution on statistics of labour cost adopted by the 11th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (1966) and Paragraph 6 of Recommendation No. 170. The Committee recalls that these statistics should cover important branches of economic activity and if possible, be consistent with data of employment and hours of work of the same scope.

Article 12. Noting the change in the geographic coverage of the CPI indicated in the country's reply to the ILO's 1996 Yearbook questionnaires, the Committee requests the Government to provide methodological information for the CPI for Guatemala City (in accordance with Article 6). It also asks the Government to communicate to the ILO the published statistics, including all items and food group indices (Article 5). The Committee encourages the Government to adapt the weights and items of the CPI to the consumer habits of the present day.

Article 13. The Committee notes that the information available is insufficient to permit an assessment as to whether statistics of household expenditure are compiled in compliance with this Article. It requests the Government to provide information on such statistics as required by Articles 2, 5 and 6 of the Convention.

Article 14. The Committee notes from the information available that statistics of occupational injuries and occupational diseases are compiled in compliance with this Article. However, it requests the Government to provide more detailed information required under the various sections of Articles 2 (international guidelines followed), 5 (publication of data and their communication to the ILO) and 6 (methodological information) .

Article 15. The Committee notes that the information available is insufficient to permit an assessment as to whether statistics of industrial disputes are compiled in compliance with this Article. It requests the Government to indicate the international guidelines followed (as required under Article 2) and to provide to the ILO available statistics of strikes and lockouts and related information (as required under Article 5).